High paying construction jobs in Lincoln, NE

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lincoln, NE. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single construction job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Lincoln, NE run 8.4% below the national average (2024), so a Lincoln, NE salary is worth about 1.09× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Lincoln, NE · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$77,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,730 – $102,3101,020
2Construction and Building Inspectors$61,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,520 – $79,99090
3Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$60,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,570 – $73,350490
4Electricians$60,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,950 – $84,6501,020
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$60,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,620 – $87,660650
6Structural Iron and Steel Workers$57,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,830 – $71,850130
7Brickmasons and Blockmasons$55,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,100 – $69,87060
8Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$52,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,180 – $69,05090
9Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$49,970
No formal educational credential
$42,320 – $63,190700
10Carpenters$49,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,150 – $69,4001,020
11Highway Maintenance Workers$49,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,680 – $61,45070
12Glaziers$48,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,430 – $77,01060
13Roofers$47,360
No formal educational credential
$38,770 – $60,240400
14Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$47,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,450 – $61,32060
15Painters, Construction and Maintenance$47,170
No formal educational credential
$28,080 – $58,330280
16Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$47,130
No formal educational credential
$36,360 – $61,550160
17Construction Laborers$46,700
No formal educational credential
$37,000 – $60,9001,250
18Pipelayers$45,250
No formal educational credential
$35,310 – $62,26060

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianLincoln, NE	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,270	$51,730 – $102,310	1,020
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,960	$52,520 – $79,990	90
3	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,810	$45,570 – $73,350	490
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,680	$45,950 – $84,650	1,020
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,670	$40,620 – $87,660	650
6	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,900	$46,830 – $71,850	130
7	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,850	$40,100 – $69,870	60
8	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,790	$40,180 – $69,050	90
9	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$49,970	$42,320 – $63,190	700
10	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,910	$39,150 – $69,400	1,020
11	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,240	$43,680 – $61,450	70
12	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,800	$38,430 – $77,010	60
13	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$47,360	$38,770 – $60,240	400
14	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,220	$37,450 – $61,320	60
15	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$47,170	$28,080 – $58,330	280
16	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$47,130	$36,360 – $61,550	160
17	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$46,700	$37,000 – $60,900	1,250
18	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$45,250	$35,310 – $62,260	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lincoln, NE. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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